Frances Pauley oral history interview, May 3, 1988

Item — othertype: Oral History

Identifier: PauleyF_19880503_P1988-14

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Frances Pauley oral history interview

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Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn. Among topics discussed: Jim Cherry; Scott Candler; Baxter Jones election; Mayor Bill Hartsfield; "Strike One "campaign; Helen Bullard; tolerance pledge; split in the Atlanta League of Women Voters; Rome's Council on Human Relations; role of white women in HOPE, OASIS, and other similar organizations; Rome anti‑desegregationist; Francisca Boaz; HOPE tactics; Florence Robin; ACLU; Maria Ladd; OASIS; training and preparation for desegregation episodes; the Episcopal bishop of Savannah; civil rights movement in Savannah; Mr. Aycock, principal of the black high school in Rome; Albany; pamphlet "Albany, A Police State"; SNCC; NAACP; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Wyatt T. Walker; Charles Sherrod; Sheriff Laurie Pritchard; Pauley's arrest; "Jail not bail"; Benjamin Anderson; Dr. Benjamin Mays; involvement of Georgia State Police in Albany; Americus, Georgia; Jimmy Carter; Carter/Sanders campaign; Koinonia; Warren Fortson; Americus civil rights trial of John Perdue; songs connected with the Civil Rights Movement; Hamilton Holmes; Southern Regional Council; John McCown; Austin Ford.

Dates

Creation: May 3, 1988

Creator

Pauley, Frances Freeborn, 1905-2003 (Interviewee, Person)

Restrictions on Access

Oral history available for research.

Biographical Note

Frances Pauley (1905-2003) has been involved in various civil rights activities, was president of the Georgia League of Women Voters in the 1950s, served as the Director of the Georgia Human Rights Council from 1960 to 1969, and served as HEW field representative in 1970.